So i got through to girl from party... Several observations: 1) i'm no longer any good at phone conversations, they're really tough, cause you don't know if the other person is about to talk and so you always end up talking at the same time or having pauses. its no so bad when you know people, but its still difficult. 2) She mentioned her boyfriend within a couple minutes into the call, and so now everything is much simpler, we obviously thought each other were pretty cool and now i'm a friend. Its weird though it shows how easy it was to slip it in when she decided she wanted to, and i still don't quite see why she didn't just do that before, but i suppose you're much less likely to get a phone call and thus a new friend if you mention the boyfriend before they call rather than after. 3) She's busy for the concert on saturday, but i'll be joining her and some of her friends (some of whom i know, and one of whom is her boyfriend, hence the mention) at a party on friday. So at least i have some social plans for the weekend out of it, didn't turn out terribly badly. And that's the end of the story. It at least added a little excitement to my otherwise bland social life.